Storm Damage Service in full Readiness for Storm Season

Storm Damage Service in full Readiness for Storm Season

Every year in south east Queensland, October/November sees the storm season get into full swing. The heat and high humidity typical of late spring and summer causes severe thunderstorms to form over the inland ranges. The first thunderheads can be seen building in the west just after lunch, and depending on the severity of the conditions, will start heading east over the populated areas around 3pm.

Often, spectacular lightning strikes, hail and very strong winds accompany the storms as they sweep towards the ocean. Pinpointing where the worst of them will hit is like a lottery win, and even with all the sophisticated technology available, storm warnings are still fairly general. In every storm season there is at least one and often more suburbs that receive an absolute battering.

Storm Season Crews on Call 24/7

At Performance Arboriculture we prepare ourselves every year for this onslaught as past experience has taught us that people will need help once the storms have passed. Our crews have seen many homes badly damaged and our first priority is to make the area safe for the occupiers. We have crews on duty 24 hours a day, seven days a week during the storm season, ready for an immediate callout.

The training we provide for our storm crews raises the benchmark from a competent professional tree lopper to a first response emergency team ready to head out into suburbs that, in the worst storms, have been literally torn apart. It is nothing for our crews to see street after street where buildings have been partially or completely unroofed, huge trees lying across fences and cars or smashed into windows or roofs.

First Response Team Secures the Site

We move into a state of readiness at the first storm warnings. Our first response team of skilled and very experienced professionals go in first and work quickly to make the area safe. Climbing, cutting, rigging and roping techniques are all used to achieve this so theycan move on to the next call, often putting tarps on gaping roofs while they are there.

Follow up Crews Tidy up and Clear Debris

While this is happening in response to the immediate emergency, the removal and processing crews at Performance Arboriculture are being readied to follow up the secure sites. They start work to carefully and safely clear debris. We have the sites prioritised in order of urgency, with evacuated young families our top priority, and work our way down to the least risk. Our work is highly regarded by insurance companies and assessors, and by propertyowners who contact us direct. We are privileged to be able to help people at what is a very frightening time in their lives.